Enabling USB for External HDD use?

[MacKinvan]

I have tv with 2.3 installed on it. I have hacked it for Boxee and I am loving it! I would like to use the NitoTV havk to enable the USB for external use, however I am running into issues. I found the instructions but they were all for tv 1.0. I tried them anyways but it did not work. Does anyone have a better solution? I am not strong at all with Unix so it will have to be spelled out pretty clearly for me.

 

[ehurdler]

I have tv with 2.3 installed on it. I have hacked it for Boxee and I am loving it! I would like to use the NitoTV havk to enable the USB for external use, however I am running into issues. I found the instructions but they were all for tv 1.0. I tried them anyways but it did not work. Does anyone have a better solution? I am not strong at all with Unix so it will have to be spelled out pretty clearly for me.

Everything you can want is here: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page. In particular enabling USB you can find here: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Enable_USB. If you ran the patchstick to install Boxee all you need to do is run the installer for NitoTV. Follow the instructions here: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Enable_USB_Storage_on_1.x#Copy_files_to_AppleTV for "Copy files to AppleTV" and then run the NitoTV installer you should be good to go.

 

[aidricksdad]

that is to confusing....after you install nitotv then what?

 

[MacKinvan]

That looks like it would work for version 1.0, but will it work with tv 2.3?

 

[ehurdler]

That looks like it would work for version 1.0, but will it work with tv 2.3?

It does work for 2.3, it is the procedure that I followed which worked for me. Look at http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Take_2_Full_Update in the section "Required Files", it will tell you obviously the "required files" and where they need to be copied to the AppleTV. Either copy the 7 files that are listed, or you can copy the MacOS X 10.4.9 Combo Updater to the AppleTV. Either way NitoTV needs these files in order to work successfully(enable USB).

It does work, try it out.

Short version:
Update AppleTV to Version 2.3
Run Patchstick (which you have already done?)
Either SSH the required 7 files to AppleTV or MacOS X 10.4.9 Combo Updater
Run the installer for NitoTV from AppleTV or manually.

Plug USB drive into AppleTV, reboot and USB drive should be recognized.

 

[pjarvi]

It's even easier than that (or at least it might be) I didn't even have to copy the files for 10.4.9 over, nitoTV automatically downloaded them itself.

 

[ehurdler]

It's even easier than that (or at least it might be) I didn't even have to copy the files for 10.4.9 over, nitoTV automatically downloaded them itself.

You are right. I have run the patch stick/jailbroken my AppleTV twice. The first time NitoTV downloaded the needed files by itself. The second time it did not so I just added the files myself, ran NitoTV and the USB was enabled again. I just gave MacKinvan extra options to try.